Ages, Eras, & Time Periods
The period in which human reason becomes the means for Truth
Mannered, political, and satirical texts
What is neoclassical literature?
When the outward sense of a thing contrasts with its intended/hidden sense
What is irony?
Freudian version of this image
What is id/ego/superego?
Form of social or political commentary that relies heavily on irony and exaggeration
What is satire?
Stereotypically, if you’re not morally upright, you don’t belong in this time period
What is the Victorian Era?
A modern example of this genre is SNL sketches
What is a farce?
The technique used in this example:
"Mr. Wickham, after a few moments, touched his hat--a salutation which Mr. Darcy just deigned to return. What could be the meaning of it?--It was impossible to imagine; it was impossible not to long to know."
What is free and indirect discourse?
Ideas that assume that all things that Matter have to do with the human
What is anthropocentrism?
The feeling of looking at a really tall tree and simultaneously being unable to comprehend it yet unable to look away
What is the sublime?
The movement/time period exemplified by this meme
What is Romanticism?
Includes texts like 1984, Fahrenheit 451, and Dune
What is science fiction?
Broody yet bloody character type
What is a Byronic hero?
The theory that posits that humans are naturally good, yet corrupted by their being in a society
What are Rousseau's philosophy & the noble savage?
Elements of form and expression rather than the substance of thought or matter expressed
What is style?
The period in which Pride and Prejudice was written
What is the Regency Era?
Genre represented by this gif
What is an epistolary novel?
Technique that takes advantage of anastrophe
What is a periodic sentence?
Theory that states: Humans = bad; civilization = good
What is Hobbes’ state of nature?
Philosophy in opposition to materialism
What is idealism?
Notable time of Britain v. France
What are the Napoleonic Wars?
Spooky castles, monsters, and repressed emotions–oh my!
What is the gothic?
To write this clue was like a chore, its form is like a dinosaur.
What is a heroic couplet?
Confusion is beautiful
What is negative capability?
*Image*
What is aesthetics?